Kazalo: “...Introduction -- Ghana : "empty pockets" -- Malawi : " tangled web" -- Nigeria : illbeing and insecurity -- Bangladesh : waves of disaster -- India : gains and stagnation in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh -- Indonesia : coping with vulnerability and crisis -- Bosnia and Herzegovina : war-torn lives -- Bulgaria : reeling from change -- Kyrgyz Republic : crumbling support, deepening poverty -- The Russian Federation : struggling against the tide -- Argentina : life used to be better -- Brazil : gains and losses in the favelas -- Ecuador : the perils of poverty -- Jamaica : island in a turbulent world -- Conclusion : an empowering approach to poverty reduction....”